Although research suggests that countries' colonial experiences are associated with a range of contemporary outcomes, the link between colonial...
The first principle of insurance reflects the fundamental lesson of the tragic California fires: you can’t get something for nothing. If expected...
In the last few years, the Supreme Court has upended its doctrine of religious freedom under the First Amendment. The Court has explicitly rejected...
During times of crisis, governments often consider policies that may promote safety, but that would require overstepping constitutionally protected...
Environmental groups and their allies have seen two of the bedrock statutes of modern environmental law (Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act) eroded...
The history of public policy is littered with failures to solve large-scale social problems using interventions derived from behavioral science...
The Environmental Law and Community Engagement Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law filed this amicus brief on behalf of San Bernardino...
Twenty-first-century politics has inspired a new mode of interstate rivalries and reprisals consisting not of the tariffs that plagued the Founding...
State public utility commissions are at the forefront of the clean-energy transition. These state agencies, which have jurisdiction over energy...
This report identifies transportation-efficient, healthy, high-opportunity areas for housing development. Adding both market-rate and below-market...
We apply a dynamic influence model to the opinions of the U.S. federal courts to examine the role of the U.S. Supreme Court in influencing the...
An upcoming Supreme Court case on Article III standing and disability presents critical questions about the future of litigation that promotes...
Constitutional review is the power of a body, usually a court, to assess whether law or government action complies with the constitution. Originating...
On November 5, an anti-environmentalist faction led by and supporting Donald Trump prevailed in the national elections. The policy assaults by Trump &...
Brief filed Oct. 25, 2024 in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, __ S. Ct ___ (2024).
This Article introduces the Jurist-Derived Judicial Ideology Scores (JuDJIS), an expert-sourced measure of judicial traits that can locate nearly...
California faces a dire housing crisis. California’s land-use regulatory system remains a key driver of this crisis. State law grants local...
It is commonly assumed that local land use regulations—and especially single-family and other restrictive zoning classifications—limit housing supply...
